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4R. MAYOLINI. GAR FENDER.

No.. 540,106. Patented May 28, 1895.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH ATTORNEYS.

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R. MAYOLINI. GAR FENDER.

No. 540,106. Patented May 2 8, 18%.

if I? V ITNESSES: lNVENTOl? c; ATTORNEYS. j

NE rares RAFAEL MAYOLINI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 540,106, dated May 28,1895.

Application filed March 6,1896. sennno. 540.773. momma.)

T aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RAFAEL MAYOLINI, a subject of the King of Italy,residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Oar- Fender, of which the following is afull, clear,

. and exact description;

The object ofthe invention is to construct a fender having its front andsides cushioned, which will approach the ground at its lower edge and atits upper edge be substantially flush with the corresponding portion ofthe dashboard.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bow fender for thefront of a car, capable of being readily transferred from one end of thecar to the other, and constructed in two spring sections, which whencurved, brought together and locked, will completely guard the front ofthe car, presenting a practically unbroken yielding surface to objectsthat may be in the path of the car.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby from theplatform of a car the connected fender sections may be quicklydisconnected, permitting the spring frames of the sections to straightenthemselves, and in so doing the sections will move quickly in oppositedirections to the sides of the car, carrying with them any interferingobject or objects with which they come in contact, safely to the sidesof the track.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car having the improved fender appliedto one end thereof. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the car, a portion of thehood being broken away, and likewise a plan view of the improved fender.Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation of a car, the plat: form being insection, and an inner face view of a section of the fender, the latterbeing in open position. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through theplatform of the car, the said section being taken substantially on theline 4 4 of Fig. 2, the fender-sections being shown in rear elevationand as connected. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the front portion of thecar,

illustrating a fender-section in open position ion; and Fig. 10illustrates a further modification in the formation of the cushion.

In carrying out the invention a plate A, bar, standard or itsequivalent, is secured to each side of each platform of the car adjacentto the ends of the dashboard, and the said plates or standards extendupward practically flush with the upper edge of the dashboard anddownward below the platform and below the step, the lower edges of theplates or standards approaching the ground quite closely as is bestshown in Fig. 1. The attachment of these plates, bars or standardsmay bemade in any approved manner. In the drawings they are illustrated asbeing provided with 7 horizontal spaced ears 10 upon their inner faces,the ears receiving between them the side timbers 11 and flooring 12 ofthe platform, as shown in Fig. 4.

. Each standard, post or plate A is provided upon its outer face withtwo or more studs 13, which studs have under-cut recesses 14 made intheir inner edges, as shown in Fig. 2; and each plate, standard or postis further provided at or about the central portion of its inner edgewith a button 15, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5.

The fender proper is made in two sections B and B and the two sectionsare substantially identical in construction, each consisting of a framecomprising two end bars 10 and 17, the bar 17, which is the forward barof the fender section having a beveled outer side edge, and the two sidebars are connected by any desired number of spring bars or strips 18,being preferably secured firmly to the outer face of the rear end bar byrivets or equivalent fastening devices, and attached in like manner tothe outer beveled edge of the forward end bar 17.

When the fender sections are disconnected from one another their springbars or strips will be substantially straight, as shown in Fig. 6; andthe attachment of the fender sections to the car is usually accomplishedby producing in the inner or rear end bar of a section a number oftransverse openings 19, corresponding in number and location to thestuds 13 on the fixed plates A of the car. These studs are made to enterthe aforesaid openings 19 as best illustrated in Fig. 1, and the fendersections are then drawn forwardly un' til the rear walls of the slots oropenings 19 will have entered into the under-cut recesses 14 of thestuds, and the sections are held in this position by causing the buttons15 on the stationary plates or standards A to enter recesses in the rearedges of the inner or rear end plates of the fender sections, as islikewise shown in Fig. 1. In this manner the fender sections will besecurely yet removably connected with the end of the car, and the freeends of the sections are carried in direction of each other until theirforward end bars meet, and pins 21 in one end bar enter recesses in theopposing end bar, as illustrated in Fig; 4. The sections are now lockedtogether; otherwise the tension of the springs forming a portion of thesections would force them outward substantiallyparallel with the sidesof the car.

The locking connection between the fender sections may be made invarious ways, and that which is preferably used is shown in Fig. 4,which consists of a latch 22 pivoted upon the inner face of the frontend bar of one section, being adapted to engage with a keeper 23 uponthe corresponding end bar of the opposing section, the latch being heldin position forsuch engagement, and being held in said engagementthrough the medium of a spring 24.

Each fender section isprovided with acushion 25 secured upon its outerface, and the said cushions are made to completely cover the spring barsor strips of the fender frame. These cushions also completely cover thefront end bars 17 of the fender frames, and their opposing surfaces areflat, so that when the frame is locked together the two cushions willcontact closely, and constitute virtually a single arched cushion, asshown in Fig. 2.

The preferred form of cushion employed consists of a sack 26 of suitableshape, made of rubber or other compressible or elastic material, andeach cushion, or the sack of each cushion, may be divided into a seriesof horizontal compartments 27 by means of horizontal partitions 28, asshown in Fig. 9, or into a series of vertical compartments 29 as shownin Fig. 10 in which the partitions 30 will be vertically located; or, asshown in Fig. 8, the cushion of each section may contain but a singlecompartment 31. The cushions are inflated by means of air, or theequivalent, and to that end a suitable valve 32 is introduced in thecushion, leading one into each compartment thereof. These valves may beplaced in the top portion of the cushion, or in the inner walls thereofas may be found most expedient.

When the sections of the fender are locked together as illustrated inFig. 2, they will receive any object that may be in the path of the car,and direct said object to one or the other side of the track, and thecushions will be so yielding that even should the object be struck whilethe car is at high speed, comparatively little if any damage will bedone to said object; but it frequently happens in the use of a solid bowfender that an ob ject', ahuman being for example, is thrown to theground and carried along with the car. In order to prevent such amishap, the fender is constructed of the spring-controlled sectionsheretofore described, and when the fender contacts with one or moreobjects, the motorman or gripman by lifting the latch 22 will disengagethe two sections and the springs therein will throw the sections,outward in opposite directions to the sides of the track, carrying withthem any object that may be in their path, delivering said object welloutside of said track.

The operation of the latch may be accomplished in different ways, as forexample it may be provided with a knob.which may be depressed by thehand of the motorman or gripman; or as shown in the drawings a cable orchain 32 may be attached for example to the pivot end of the latch,being passed downward over a pulley 33 below the latch and secured uponthe end bar of one of the fender sections. The cable may then be ledover a pulley 3i upon the bottom of the platform, and up through theplatform to an engagement with a reel 35, journaled on the inner face ofthe dashboard, or an equivalent device. Under this construction it isobvious that by winding the chain or cable on the reel the latch will beopened, and as soon as the sections are disconnected the reel may bereleased.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated a slight modification in the mannerof attaching the tenders to the stationary plates, posts or standards Aof the car, in which the studs 13 are dispensed with, and pintles 36 aresubstituted on the stationary plates, posts or standards, and knuckles37 are formed upon the inner or rear plate of the fender sections toreceive the said pintles, whereby a hinged connection between the fenderand car is obtained; but the forward movement of the fender sections islimited by causing the buttons 15 which are retained, to pass over theouter faces of the said rear end plates of the sections.

It is obvious that the fender sections may be expeditiously andconveniently transferred IlO from one end of the car to the other, andthat I these sections need not necessarily be very heavy.

I desire it to be understood that the spring bars or strips 18 of thefender frames may be strengthened transversely by means of verticalstrips 38, the said strips being of a character and so placed as not tointerfere with the elasticity of the main spring strips 18.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A car. fender, comprising two spring sectionsconsisting of end bars and horizontal bars connecting the end bars, theinner end bars being secured to the car and the outer end bars beingheld in locked engagement, whereby an arched fender with unbroken outersurface will be formed, substantially as described.

2. A car fender, comprising two spring sections having their inner endssecured to the car and their outer ends locked in engagement with eachother, and a cushion on each section contacting with each other when thesections are locked together, substantially as described.

3. A car fender, the same being constructed in two sections, eachsection comprising end bars and horizontal bars of spring materialconnecting the end bars, the outer end bars of the two sections beingprovided with looking devices, and the inner end bars with means forattachment to a car, the said sections being provided with a cushionedouter face, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A car fender constructed in two sections, each section comprising aninner and an outer end bar, the outer edge of the outer end bar beingbeveled, spring connecting bars uniting the inner and theouter end bars,and a cushion covering the spring section of the frame, a locking devicecarried by the outer end bar of one section and adapted for locking errgagement with the corresponding bar of the opposing frame section, andmeans, substantially as described, for operating the said looking deviceat a distance from the fender, whereby when the sections of the fenderare disconnected the spring portions of their frames will carry themoutward substantially to the side portions of the car, as and for thepurpose specified.

5. The combination, with a car and fixtures secured to the platform ofthe car, of a fender constructed in two sections, each sectioncomprising a frame and a cushion upon the outer face of the frame, thesaid frames consisting of two end bars, and spring bars connecting thesaid end bars,means, substantially as described, for locking the forwardends of the frames together, means, substantially as de scribed, forreleasing the saidlock, and fastening devices whereby the said framesare attached to the said fixtures in a removable manner, as and for thepurpose specified.

6. In a car fender an inflatable cushion of a shape corresponding tothat of the fender and divided into closed compartments, said cushionsfitting upon and covering the outer surface of the fender as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. In a car fender, the combination of two spring sections secured toopposite sides of a car, and having their forward ends held in lockedengagement, and means for releasing the sections from the platform ofthe car, substantially as described.

8. In a car fender, the combination of two spring sections secured toopposite sides of the car and having their forward ends constructed toengage each other, a latch hinged to the forward end of one section andengaging a keeper on the other section, and means for disengaging thelatch from its keeper, substantially as described.

9. In acar fender, the combination with up rights secured to theplatform of the car on opposite sides, of a fender formed of two springsections, having their rear ends loosely connected with the saiduprights, and buttons on the uprights and engaging the sections of thefender, substantially as described.

10. In a car fender, the combination with uprights secured to theopposite sides of the platform of a car and provided with projectingrecessed lugs, of a fender formed of two spring sections provided withopenings to receive the lugs of the uprights and with recesses in. theirrear edges, and buttons secured to the uprights and engaging therecesses of the fender sections, substantially as described.

RAFAEL MAYOLIN I.

Witnesses:

O. SEDGWICK, F. W. HANAFORD.

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